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Ubisoft, Immutable to revive Might & Magic as a mobile TCG

Ubisoft, Immutable to revive Might & Magic as a mobile TCG

Ubisoft is breathing new life into its long-running fantasy franchise with the announcement of Might & Magic: Fates, a strategy card game developed in collaboration with Web3 gaming platform Immutable. The new title aims to modernize the Might & Magic universe for mobile audiences while integrating digital asset ownership through blockchain technology, according to an […]

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Alabama drops case against Coinbase as crypto policy discussions evolve

Alabama drops case against Coinbase as crypto policy discussions evolve

The Alabama Securities Commission has officially withdrawn its legal action against Coinbase over the exchange’s staking program, reducing the number of active state-level lawsuits from 10 to five.  According to the April 23 consent order signed by Commission Director Amanda L. Senn, the agency partially withdrew its enforcement effort to allow time for evolving policy

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secp256k1lab: An INSECURE Python Library That Makes Bitcoin Safer

secp256k1lab: An INSECURE Python Library That Makes Bitcoin Safer

Bitcoin Magazine secp256k1lab: An INSECURE Python Library That Makes Bitcoin Safer Until now, every Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) that needed cryptographic primitives had to reinvent the wheel. Each one came bundled with its own custom Python implementation of the secp256k1 elliptic curve and related algorithms, each subtly different from one another. These inconsistencies introduced quiet

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PayPal shakes up stablecoin market with 3.7% interest rewards on PYUSD

PayPal shakes up stablecoin market with 3.7% interest rewards on PYUSD

Payment giant PayPal is rolling out a new rewards initiative that will allow US users holding its PYUSD stablecoin to earn up to 3.7% interest annually, according to an April 23 statement. The program will begin this summer and be available across both PayPal and Venmo platforms. PYUSD reward program PYUSD is a US dollar-backed

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Trump has ‘no intention’ of firing Jerome Powell as Bitcoin hits k, oil rises, gold falls

Trump has ‘no intention’ of firing Jerome Powell as Bitcoin hits $94k, oil rises, gold falls

Bitcoin continued its upward trajectory Tuesday, reaching $94,205 and capping an 11.8% gain over six days. The move coincided with a broad asset rally following the White House’s softened language on Federal Reserve policy and U.S.-China trade tariffs. Powell safe, tariff chill President Trump stated Tuesday that he had “no intention” of dismissing Federal Reserve

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DeFi lending protocols gain .3B in TVL, fueling token outperformance

DeFi lending protocols gain $2.3B in TVL, fueling token outperformance

On-chain lending protocols added $2.3 billion in value locked (TVL) over the past 24 hours, followed by a roughly $700 million increase in active loans and an average 7.7% price increase for lending-related tokens during the same period. Decentralized lending protocols saw their TVL rise from $40.36 billion to $42.69 billion amid the market rally

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Bitcoin poised for breakout as US Term Premium hits 12-Year high – StanChart

Bitcoin poised for breakout as US Term Premium hits 12-Year high – StanChart

Standard Chartered’s global head of crypto research, Geoffrey Kendrick, believes Bitcoin (BTC) has yet to price in growing signs of systemic risk despite strengthening its case as a hedge in recent weeks. In an April 22 client note, Kendrick warned that political pressure on the US Federal Reserve is driving bond market stress that could

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European Central Bank warns of ‘contagion’ stemming from Trump’s pro-crypto policies

European Central Bank warns of ‘contagion’ stemming from Trump’s pro-crypto policies

The European Central Bank has raised alarm over President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto agenda, warning that a wave of dollar-backed stablecoins could threaten financial stability across the eurozone and overwhelm the EU’s new crypto regulatory framework. In a confidential policy paper obtained by Politico, the ECB urged the European Commission to revisit the Markets in Crypto

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Early-stage crypto investors face 50% average loss on locked positions

Early-stage crypto investors face 50% average loss on locked positions

Locked token holders have experienced an average drawdown of nearly 50% for their locked positions compared to over-the-counter (OTC) valuations in May 2024. According to data published by STIX founder Taran Sabharwal on April 22, holders could have exited their positions at double the current spot prices the previous year. Sabharwal shared data comparing fully

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XRP Ledger developer kit compromised with backdoor to steal wallet private keys

XRP Ledger developer kit compromised with backdoor to steal wallet private keys

Aikido Security disclosed a vulnerability in the XRP Ledger’s (XRPL) official JavaScript SDK, revealing that multiple compromised versions of the XRPL Node Package Manager (NPM) package were published to the registry starting April 21.  The affected versions, v4.2.1 through v4.2.4 and v2.14.2, contained a backdoor capable of exfiltrating private keys, posing a severe risk to

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